Disaster Management and Citizens Value as the Basic Policy

Abstract

The existence of Dayakan village in ponorogo regency, east java, Indonesia, is one of the villages with a high rate of disasters, every year this village is always hit by disasters such as landslides, flash floods, cracked lands, droughts, and forest fires. The purpose of this paper is to understand the effectiveness of existing disaster management and the values of local wisdom that exist in Dayakan village, which will be used by the village government as a foundation for public policy making. The methodology of describing this study was qualitative using observational data, documentation, and interviews. The results of the study found that the existence of the community in Dayakan village is very helpful after the disaster so as not to linger too long with the spirit of cooperation, independence, and mutual empathy into the local wisdom that exists in Dayakan village. With the high level of disasters in Dayakan Village, the village needs to protect itself by issuing policies related to village budgets and policies on cooperation between various sectors to reduce existing disaster risks. The implication of this research is to provide positive input to the village government so that it can incorporate disaster elements and values into a unified policy